Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates of the 2010s
The top 3 according to 38 votes from people: Bruce A. Beutler · Robert G. Edwards · Thomas C. Südhof. (Updated Oct 16, 2022.)
Every Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate between 2010 and 2019, with the year and the Nobel Foundation's official citation. Which discovery do you think mattered most?
Top 24
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Bruce A. Beutler
2011. For their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.
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Robert G. Edwards
2010. For the development of in vitro fertilization.
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Thomas C. Südhof
2013. For their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.
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Jules A. Hoffmann
2011. For their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.
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Ralph M. Steinman
2011. For his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.
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John B. Gurdon
2012. For the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.
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Edvard I. Moser
2014. For their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.
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Yoshinori Ohsumi
2016. For his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.
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William Kaelin Jr.
2019. For their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
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Randy W. Schekman
2013. For their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.
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Shinya Yamanaka
2012. For the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.
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May-Britt Moser
2014. For their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.
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Satoshi Ōmura
2015. For their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites.
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Tu Youyou
2015. For her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria.
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Michael Rosbash
2017. For their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.
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James P. Allison
2018. For their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.
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John O'Keefe
2014. For their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.
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William C. Campbell
2015. For their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites.
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Michael W. Young
2017. For their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.
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Tasuku Honjo
2018. For their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.
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Peter J. Ratcliffe
2019. For their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
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James E. Rothman
2013. For their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.
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Jeffrey C. Hall
2017. For their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.
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Gregg L. Semenza
2019. For their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
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Tu Youyou and artemisinin, saved millions from malaria.